Skyfall: "We delve into James Bond's past, his memories associated with childhood trauma, and how he overcame them to become who is in these movies. Truly, no stone unturned." Spectre: "Oh also he had a secret brother lol"
My wife and I were watching this one and I said "Blofeld is going to be James Bond's brother" then a few minutes later I said "nah, they wouldn't do that, that's an Austin Powers joke." Yeah. This movie was OK, I thought it was a little underwhelming. Especially since Skyfall was so good, one of my favourites.
@@MysteryFedoraMan They actually stated that they put his things in storage. So they were retrievable. As for the apartment, if James Bond shows up and stares at you intensely while his realtor advises you to sell it back, you might be inclined to accommodate his wishes.
Also, i still love Cam's take that Bond shrugged off his brain torture because there's nothing that trepanning could do that 30 years of gin and concussions haven't already done
Ok, I am totally here to listen to Graham and Matt W. But, like, Matt G.'s editing throughout this whole series has been so on point and really sold this podcast as a visual experience as well. Matt Griffiths you are top notch and I am HERE FOR IT.
I already miss this series. I hope they get a good, restful break, then come up with another Movie Rewatch series. The only two I can think that would really work would be Fast and the Furious or a Pixar Rewatch.
This was the first time I watched the film before the rewatch. I was thinking throughout the stat "Please don't just pull a Sherlock Holmes and be all in the end EVERYTHING PREVIOUS WAS MORIARTY!(Spectre)" Then when I realised who played C I was like "No..No, they wouldn't literally pull a Moriarty with Moriarty?"
@@blofeld39 After, though I only recently watched series 4. Thought 1 and 2 were fantastic. 3 was a bit iffy then that abominable bride special i got ten minuites into and was like "nope, done with this." On rewatching it recently felt more kindly towards it. And shoehorned or not who can blame them for bringing back andrew scott as moriarty, he was fabulous. Though "It was moriarty all along!" was actually a thing from the books, not just hack TV writing.
The worst thing about this whole film (and I say that in a tongue in cheek way) is during the scene with Mr. White. They set him up with this name, and his other name the Pale King. He ends up dead after he and bond have an extended talk around a chess board. It's THE PERFECT SETUP for toppling the white king chesspiece, or a white pawn as a dig, something like that, anything like that, but they do nothing with that chessboard and that makes me mad enough to comment about it in an excellent video.
The laser in the pre-titles scene is probably not a laser sight, but a laser microphone aimed at the window to pick up the conversation. Fun fact: the first laser microphone was probably invented by Leon Theremin, for whom the Theremin musical instrument is named
man, it really says something that the table prop is the Big Stupid Space Rock that has no plot significance, exists for the villain to wax philosophical meaninglessly, and I'd completely forgotten about it.
Talking about the concern of 'reboot madness', I do hope they don't turn Bond into Spider Man; recast, retell something approximating an origin story, keepgoing until that runs out of interest then start up the press machine by teasing another recast to recycle the old mess again.
It’s rather ironic that Spectre, sans Spectre, would actually be a fun rather competent bond film that showcases what makes Daniel Craig’s Bond so special. But Spectre, ruins Spectre.
Spoiler It's funny they got the guy who played Moriarty on Sherlock to be it this film where the main character has an evil sibling we never heard about prior
"They decided it was cheaper to tear it down..." I work in a government building from the 70's and it took a YEAR to remodel ONE bathroom. Environment studies, asbestos certifications, lead paint checks, contractor change mid-way... Yes, it might make no sense in normal circumstances, but this is a government project.
Cary Fukanaga said in an interview that he actually considered making everything that happened after the lobotomy be in Bond's head, so when No Time To Die starts it's with Bond waking up. The problem with Blofeld being Bond's adoptive brother, is Bond'll always just think of him as that kid I lived with. Not as a scary Lord Of Crime and Terrorism.
The problem is..."Spectre" is just an utterly appalling pile of garbage in every way imaginable. It's the worst Bond movie ever made and wow is that really saying something. They're ruining James Bond. Those two complete hack writers, Purvis and Wade, should have been gotten rid of after The World is Not Enough, or at least after Die Another Day. Why they're STILL being hired is seriously beyond me.
This series made me discover Loaded Ready Run in the first place and also actually got me into podcasts. Please follow up this series with other movies ... franchise or other stand alone movies. Great work!!!!
Thank you for making the last six months much easier to bear. See you when No Time to Die releases. And to all the commenters over this time: I am grateful for the information you added, the personal stories you shared, and the great debates.
I'm starting to think the trailer makers (from my knowledge are separate from the main ppl who do the editing) aren't given the script to the movie/tv show before making their trailers.
Aside from the ridiculous "Silva" connection to the "it was all my doing" thing, I don't hate the Quantum/SPECTRE connection, because it makes sense from a modus operandi perspective. It shouldn't have been played up as much as it is, but as an idea it makes sense. What I DO hate is the "btw Bond and Blofeld are related" reveal. It makes the movie substantially worse, and in fact every reference to it can be EXCISED from the movie wholesale, thereby making the movie much better and not affecting the integrity of the plot in any way! The unhinged survivor of a tragic climbing accident who couldn't be found by the authorities in enough time is MORE than enough backstory for a villain whose aim is to develop the Nine Eyes! You don't NEED to add any personal connection to Bond to that! It would also make the movie a bearable length...
I really struggle to separate the rest of this movie from the terrible core plot, not just the Austin Powers villain but also the confused C subplot with unclear stakes and motivations all around, which seems to only be there so that M and Moneypenny have something to do. And of course there's also the total lack of climax to Bond's story. I think there could have been a good movie in there with a lot of talented actors and production staff, but the lynchpin, the plot, is a wet noodle. I would not rate this one highly!
Watching the train fight, I figured Batista went, "Oh no, a rope! My one weakness! ... Oh no, kegs! My other weakness!" Also picturing him standing back up and walking after the train once he's thrown out the door. Half expected him to show up at the compound at the end, rope still around his neck, with a trail of (empty) kegs behind him. "Do you know how long it takes to walk out here?"
1:48:50 I bet, in an earlier version of the script, Blofeld's face scar was caused by Swan shooting him when she was a kid, but they did rewrites and added more helicopter explosions in the ending and changed it so this movie was another origin story, so Blofeld got the supposedly iconic scar in the very end. But the bit about Swan encountering him earlier was left over from the earlier version. I mean why else would you have such a backstory?
Specter- rewrite? Given the ability to change this movie, I think there’s definitely a few paths to make the 3rd act feel less/twisty. Starting from Matt’s idea of swapping the reveals(reveal Blofeld is actually Franz), and work backwards. Have bond feel that Blofeld is familiar, but only have him realize who Blofeld was just before the lobotomy to remove his ability to recognize faces. Give Blofeld the scar initially, and reveal he got it when killing his father as part of the unstoppable object metaphor without revealing he also killed Bonds adoptive father. The thing I think could most easily rework the “I am the architect of your pain” is to make the prior villains simply have been manipulated by his organization. Le Chiffre already has an explicit tie to Mr. White- have Blofeld just mention that Le Chiffre failed Spectre, despite their support. Greene was a member of Quantum, and Quantum could’ve been a subsidiary of Spectre that was either unknowing of the larger organization or was their financially focused arm(which also opens the door to other arms focused on government manipulation). Silva could be called a “mad dog”, with Blofeld providing him tidbits that led Silva to fixate on MI6(which could explain why Silva waited as long as he had to enact revenge). And part of the key is to make his reasoning unknown initially- to laugh off the idea of why simply because he could. He’s obsessed with power and sadistic, but also just enjoys toying with things. He enjoys watching bond struggle, see him fail those he cares for, but has been surprised how resilient bond is. As part of the lobotomy scene, have Blofeld say “You thought I was familiar, but couldn’t quite place me. Let me give you a hint- my name was Franz. Now, let’s make sure you never recognize anyone, ever again.” A lot of the rest of the movie could follow the same beats/scenes, with beats to adjust how Franz was revealed earlier. I wrote this kinda scattershot, so hopefully it makes any sense
An important reference is that “the five eyes” is a real intelligence group comprised of Canada, the UK, the US, Australia, and New Zealand that basically does this already. The intent is to pool information to allow each other to deal with their respective international intelligence issues in a swifter fashion
I always though the biggest problem with Spectre was naming the film Spectre. The whole Blofeld reveal would of been sooo much better if nobody saw it coming. Also just having the twist that he was responsible for the events in the previous films was so lame.
See also; the next Predator film would be better if they don't tell anyone the Predator is in it. Just have an action movie going on for 45 minutes before the audience goes BANANAS.
@@AnInnocuousBlueCube And when the Care Bears show up in the third act to convince the predators that hugging is better than hunting, there won't be a dry eye in the house.
@@JoaoPessoa86 only because they don't pre prepare the story arch. If they plan a story arc for a series of films it could work. But with Craig's films they just waited and tried to make it work as each film came out.
"Hey guys! You remember how every single movie, tv show, and video game in the early 2000s was washed out in brown or grey?" "Yeah. It made everything look washed out and lifeless and everyone hated it. Why do you ask?" "What if we did that with our new Bond movie for the 2010s era, but we make it tinted all yellow?" "...Suuuure?"
My theory is that Blofeld is just messing with Bond when he says "it was all me". Like it WASN'T QUITE all him, but his organization is far-reaching enough that he can PRETEND it was.
Honestly if they wanted to connect to the previous movies, a smarter way to do it would have been "everything you did just made us stronger". It would actually make sense, to have Bond kick over all these rival organisations that then get swallowed up into SPECTRE.
@@zhoufang996 That would actually make a lot of sense. Casino Royal? We obtained plenty of funding and contacts with the fall of Le Chiffre. Quantum? When it went under, the leaders left behind resources and connections obtained discretely as well as a power vacuum. Skyfall? Removed M, put the entirety of MI6's effectiveness in doubt in the public and political stage. Sadly, none of that saves the bizarre needle torture that doesn't actually work for some reason.
im sitting here at 1.20.21 and im fully expecting graham to do the "ITS ME AUSTIN, IT WAS ME ALL ALONG AUSTIN" bit upon the reveal that christoph waltz is supposedly behind all the previous craig films. i mean it'd make about as much sense, especially with dave batista literally in this movie
Thank you for doing this series! Listening to your podcast on my daily health walks and watching james bond movies has been a great way to deal with the social isolation of 2020. I learned a lot, laughed a lot, and watched a lot of movies I'd never seen before. You guys did an excellent job with this pod. Thanks again!
@@T4G0E It was the surname of one of the first official heads who would just sign his name as "C" and it kinda became common practice then - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Smith-Cumming (The Spy who Came in From the Cold used this as it's basis for Control) It seems it's now officially "Chief" which is kinda disappointing
@@cronoros And "Casino Royale" strongly implies that "M" is derived from M's civilian last name so this is not the first time the franchise has made that reference. In fact, Fleming probably chose the "M" designation in the novels as a referene to "C" in the first place.
@@Taschenschieber Fleming did choose M as an homage to C(according to wikipedia) which would make sense as he would have interacted with MI6 in his role during the war
There was a fire in the downtown area where I live some years ago, and the structural damage to nearby buildings was surprising to hear about. Neighboring buildings that had otherwise appeared untouched needed to be torn down all the same. So I was perfectly willing to accept "cheaper to rebuild", since I was assuming the damage from the bomb was more thorough and structural than the immediately visible damage.
My headcanon is that during the torture, Bond hallucinated the end of Spectre and all of No Time to Die, and that he will come round in time for the next movie but still unable to remember faces. This will be used to explain a partial/total recasting, why nobody looks the same any more, and why all the dead characters are suddenly back.
Shaking my head that the end of this movie is basically "It was ME, Barry!" (see: The Flash comics). Also loved this series; it gave me something to look forward to every week. See you next time!
I felt great catharsis when Matt mentioned Star Trek Into Darkness, because he is exactly right and I have mentioned that comparison multiple times when explaining why I didn't like this movie. The plot is just so ridiculously bad.
I've seen bad movies before, but that was the first movie I saw that made me legitimately angry I had paid for it. Having seen all 6 of the Original Star Trek movies as a kid it just felt like the movie was masturbating to itself.
The influence that the James Bond movies have cannot be understated. They can do so much for small countries and other such things. Like The Man With the Golden Gun's James Bond Island, or the fact that Spectre created a tradition. I'm sure that the random ex-spy who wanted to write a short, simple little spy story couldn't have imagined the influence it would end up having.
Portugal used On Her Majesty's Secret Service as recent modernisations publicity especially of the "Look at our recent, cool, San Francisco looking bridge!" type is another great example.
@@blofeld39 Still there, there is one other bridge over the same river by now, but that one is still there, just renamed (it had the name of the dictator then and was renamed to the revolution that overthrew his regime).
Discovering this podcast has truly been one of the highlights of 2020. It's been a bright light in this year of darkness. So thank you guys so much for an epic 26 episodes. And I wish you guys a very happy new year!
Man, Im gonna miss this so much. A while back I thought to suggest a Star Trek rewatch podcast, going episode by episode. I know it’s a passion of Graham’s and I love hearing him talk about it, but Ive never had the drive to watch it. But you guys aren’t robots. Thanks for what you’ve done!
the "laser sight" is probably a laser microphone: a laser that bounces off the window, which is then detected for minor fluctuations caused by the vibrations of the glass. its actual spycraft used during the cold war
This was the first Bond movie I ever got bored watching. Long drawn out sequences that are self-consciously stylish but tedious, eg the widow returns home, the SPECTRE board meeting. And the internal wranglings between different British Intelligence departments doesn't make for compelling drama. It's come a long way from the snappy editing of the Connery era where they could spit out the story in an hour and a half.
I love you both, goshh.. I never knew I would enjoy these podcasts so much, just like how i enjoyed the movie. There is a certain kind of pleasure discussing movies with buddies. This was the case here. First time I thought why they didn't make more bond movies. Happy new year guys. You made my 2020 better, considering i lost my grandfather and grandmother this year and lost my uncle to covid. Thank you so much guys. Stay blessed.😊😊
I'm kind of surprised that Radiohead's "Spectre" didn't get a mention, given the chilled reception to "Writing's on the Wall". Thanks for the series, though, it's been a highlight of each week, for the past... How on earth has it been six months, holy yikes?!
FYI Jez Butterworth isn't just a screenwriter, he's a very well respected playwright in the UK, he wrote 'Jerusalem' which is considered to be among one of the best contemporary British plays ever written, thought that might interest you!
@@blofeld39 Not sure if you watch Loadingreadyrun's other content, but if you don't, Matt G often turns up on Crossing the Streams. He's just as dryly funny IRL.
If I’m correct, that crater the base is inside is the same one where Hamunaptra is, in the 1999 mummy. (I haven’t seen the whole video yet so if this is mentioned later on I apologise)
Well, alpine sanatoriums for the rich and famous have a long-standing tradition in real life, and do have a certain kind of glamour associated with them, so personally I don't find it too weird.
I will say this, Thank you all of you for all the hard work all of you have done on this. for 26 week the bleakness of this years when some really dark times came down through my way this show brought me joy and keep me going sometimes when I didn't think anything else would be able to... so thank you all so much you have no idea what this has meant to me and how this has keep me going.
Re: Day of the dead parade: So james bond is the modern day charles dickens then? Bringing what he wanted to see out of the holiday into the world by pure willpower alone.
Dickens did recover plenty of pre-Cromwell English Christmas traditions back, but as a whole, Christmas as it is thought out now (Santa aside) is pretty much an invention of "A Christmas Carol". I'd say Spectre went even farther then Dickens and TOTALLY made up a custom.
@@Targisvear well, what i pointed out there is the holiday, not the parade... Since, as far as i know the Día de Muertos or Día de los Muertos is a Mexican Holiday, famous for creation of altars and eating pan de muertos (bread). The city-wide parade in the other hand.. is something that i'm not sure about. Maybe it was an artistic interpretation from the movie of the actual holiday, that also somehow influences the how the holiday being celebrated in that place since 2016.
@@novrdd Just commented because the fact the holiday is real is a bit irrelevant to the point made in this video or the original comment, since we all know it is real, but in the way it is shown in this movie, it isn't (or wasn't until after its release). That it is real and they create altars for it is good trivia, but has nothing to do with anything anyone said here. Nobody said Dia de los Muertos does not exist and I don't think anyone misheard that it does not exist from saying the parade in Mexico City is an invention (maybe you thought people were saying that), so no correction was needed.
Watched Spectre last night in anticipation of this episode. Really liked the oner in the opening, though also wish it wasn't yellowed out like Hollywood likes to do. Little bits of trivia for others: -After Q's joke about the DB5, you can see Tanner suppressing a laugh/smile, which I found rather endearing. Andrew Scott was also in 1917 as Lt. Leslie, the officer that Schofield and Blake meet before crossing No Man's Land (he's also great in the scene, and I wonder if he ever did get his flare gun back). -At first, having not actually watched OHMSS yet, I was wondering if the Swiss mountaintop clinic was the same building, just having been rebuilt/modernized. -Mr. Hink's gun is a real thing- a variation of this one (Hurray Forgotten Weapons! th-cam.com/video/P57iXMmlUZo/w-d-xo.html ), for when one .45 calibre bullet is not enough. -IIRC, Cam has commented a few times that maybe Bond suffers no ill effects from the drill torture due to having built up an obscene amount of scar tissue from being hit on the head (and also possibly Syphilis) -With all the faces on the wall, I find it funny that Greene's face doesn't show up, I guess even Spectre forgot about him (other than his DNA on the ring)
On the subject of being cheaper to tear it down than rebuild it, it makes sense if they would have to do a full scale analysis of the surviving construction to make sure it's still structurally sound and then figure out what they need to do to build off it, vs just demo-ing the surviving building and starting from the ground up again. After an explosion like that they can't just assume that whatever is still standing is just fine
You made it to the end! Even though "james Bond Will Return"..it's been quite a journey. Well done with an entertaining and informative podcast. I've been watching these more or less concurrently with you guys, and many of them (especially the 90s and 200s/2010s ones) are new to me. I've learned that my favourite thing about the Bond movies is...the beyond the scenes stuff. So many cool stories! Wild spontaneous things happening that work! Crazy stunts! I love it. Matt in particular will hate this -- I convinced my mum to watch From Russia with Love with me when I visited for christmas. She didn't really get into it and asked me "What's the one with halle Berrie in it? I liked that one!"
I haaaaaaaate modern color-correcting in films. It's like a one-two whammy of, "hey, computers have made color-correcting/grading stupid easy to do!" and post-9/11, "how can we make this Foreign Country look evil and sickly...." that has yet to really mature. And/or go away. It's incredibly heavy handed, obvious, and frankly bad. It came to a head around about, mmmm, 2014, when someone decided that Correct Color Use means , "Everything is Orange or Blue. For contrast! That's good color use!" and goddamn everything was Orange And Blue. Once you see it, you can never unsee it, and it just sucks more everytime. While I'm complaining: I goddamn hate, "good gaffing is every scene lit by exactly four 60watt bulbs" and, "mumble talking is how you do Serious Drama" that have a stranglehold on movies. I can't see or hear what's happening in your dumb scenes. Stop it.
15:15 In this scene, Bond is actually using a quite cool real life gadget called a laser microphone. A surveillance device that detects vibrations on, for example, glass panes as in this scene.
I see Graham has been reading my (or others) comments on Die another day, funnily enough, Aston Martin and Jaguar are not part of Ford since 2007 (also a reason we see Ford products on screen a lot in the first 2 Craig movies). Aston Martin is a mostly independant company as of now. Jaguar has been sold from Ford to Tata motors (the biggest car brand in India). So we have another Aston vs Jaguar here but they are not related products that time.
Well it was interesting to hear the opinions from those who just fundamentally disagree on many things Bond. Here's how I would rank the films: 1. From Russia With Love 2. Goldeneye 3. Licence to Kill 4. You Only Live Twice 5. The Living Daylights 6. For Your Eyes Only 7. The Spy Who Loved Me 8. Dr. No 9. Thunderball 10. Goldfinger 11. Octopussy 12. The World is Not Enough 13. The Man with the Golden Gun 14. Live and Let Die 15. Tomorrow Never Dies 16. A View to a Kill 17. Diamonds Are Forever 18. Moonraker 19. Quantum of Solace 20. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 21. Never Say Never Again 22. Casino Royale (2006) 23. Skyfall 24. Spectre 25. Die Another Day 26. Casino Royale (1967)
This podcast series has been a blast and I'd really love to see you do more in its style, maybe a monthly series on your favourite movies or something like that.
Fun fact: i was there when they filmed the scenes in Altaussee! The location of the cabin in the movie is actually private ground with a restaurant owned by Dietrich Mateschitz (Red Bull "Inventor"). Didn't see Daniel Craig unfortunately, but i was the only person in a small crowd of onlookers to actually recognize Barbara Brocolli, which was kind of cool. Also, it was really bloody cold that day :D
This was the movie that finally sold me on Daniel Craig's James Bond. It's still not my favorite incarnation of the character, but after watching this one I finally went "yeah, Craig can make this character work."
It's a shame to add that, whilst you were completely right to acknowledge that Jaguar and Aston Martin were indeed owned by the same parent company and this played a part in them both appearing in Die Another Day, by the time Spectre had come out, they were not (I think AM became private again in 2006 and J a couple of years after that). The reason both appear seem to be largely related to them both being classic sports car manufacturers here in Britain and the trope of "Bond drives an Aston" and "Villains always drive Jaguars" (pretty sure Jaguar had an advertising campaign around the same time playing on this exact thing, with Tom Hiddleston hired to represent them off the back of his success as Loki).
Skyfall: "We delve into James Bond's past, his memories associated with childhood trauma, and how he overcame them to become who is in these movies. Truly, no stone unturned."
Spectre: "Oh also he had a secret brother lol"
When you put it like that, it sounds like it was written by fucking Moffat.
@@olly123451 more like Chibnall
“They try to connect everything under one house”
That’s why he’s the Oberhauser.
This is genuinely funny thank you
Groan.
I thought comments like that only came once a year.
@@PurushaDesa unlike christmas jones
My wife and I were watching this one and I said "Blofeld is going to be James Bond's brother" then a few minutes later I said "nah, they wouldn't do that, that's an Austin Powers joke." Yeah.
This movie was OK, I thought it was a little underwhelming. Especially since Skyfall was so good, one of my favourites.
"Information!"
"Huh?"
"You are number Six! I am the new Number Two!"
Q in Skyfall: we don’t do exploding pens
Also Q in Specter: have an exploding watch
Well you're bang out of order, Q
Skyfall: we’ve sold all your stuff and your apartment
Spectre: this is my apartment, these are my things, I’ve lived here for years
@@IDidntSetAHandle lmao!
@@MysteryFedoraMan They actually stated that they put his things in storage. So they were retrievable. As for the apartment, if James Bond shows up and stares at you intensely while his realtor advises you to sell it back, you might be inclined to accommodate his wishes.
@@stvdagger8074 Or maybe just stares at you seductively like he did to Solange in "Casino Royale"... :-P
Also, i still love Cam's take that Bond shrugged off his brain torture because there's nothing that trepanning could do that 30 years of gin and concussions haven't already done
Don't forget the mind-addling effects of syphilis.
"The three things that Bond gets: Blackout drunk, concussed, and syphilis."
Ok, I am totally here to listen to Graham and Matt W. But, like, Matt G.'s editing throughout this whole series has been so on point and really sold this podcast as a visual experience as well. Matt Griffiths you are top notch and I am HERE FOR IT.
'The Daniel Craig Harassment Society' is how I will be referring to this film going forward, thank you guys
lmao
Surprisingly high octane sequel to _The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society_ .
To the tune of "self preservation society" from The Italian Job.
From Rewatch With Love will Return with No Time to Die.
Unless Star Wars comes out and then it'll return in Moonraker 🙂
I already miss this series. I hope they get a good, restful break, then come up with another Movie Rewatch series. The only two I can think that would really work would be Fast and the Furious or a Pixar Rewatch.
This was the first time I watched the film before the rewatch. I was thinking throughout the stat "Please don't just pull a Sherlock Holmes and be all in the end EVERYTHING PREVIOUS WAS MORIARTY!(Spectre)" Then when I realised who played C I was like "No..No, they wouldn't literally pull a Moriarty with Moriarty?"
...was that before or after "Sherlock" series 4?
And of course they would!... :( Insert Disappointed Hercules meme.
@@blofeld39 very after
@@blofeld39 After, though I only recently watched series 4. Thought 1 and 2 were fantastic. 3 was a bit iffy then that abominable bride special i got ten minuites into and was like "nope, done with this." On rewatching it recently felt more kindly towards it. And shoehorned or not who can blame them for bringing back andrew scott as moriarty, he was fabulous.
Though "It was moriarty all along!" was actually a thing from the books, not just hack TV writing.
God I'm gonna miss these, Thank you both for introducing me to this franchise.
i agree they have been well funny in places,
Same 🤧 highlights of my tuesdays are seeing these cannot wait for no time to die and moreso to see what the new era of bond afterwards holds
that’s what I like to see
I hope they continue this as a general movie podcast. They do a damn good job.
The worst thing about this whole film (and I say that in a tongue in cheek way) is during the scene with Mr. White. They set him up with this name, and his other name the Pale King. He ends up dead after he and bond have an extended talk around a chess board. It's THE PERFECT SETUP for toppling the white king chesspiece, or a white pawn as a dig, something like that, anything like that, but they do nothing with that chessboard and that makes me mad enough to comment about it in an excellent video.
Fun fact: here in Buffalo we have an annual chicken wing festival because of the fictional Buffalo Chicken Wing festival in the movie Osmosis Jones.
I love this.
The laser in the pre-titles scene is probably not a laser sight, but a laser microphone aimed at the window to pick up the conversation. Fun fact: the first laser microphone was probably invented by Leon Theremin, for whom the Theremin musical instrument is named
You know he created a bug to put in the American embassy in Moscow, right?
They use infrared lasers. Obviously shining a visible light laser to secretly surveil sound is a bad idea.
man, it really says something that the table prop is the Big Stupid Space Rock that has no plot significance, exists for the villain to wax philosophical meaninglessly, and I'd completely forgotten about it.
...is THAT what that was?!? :-/
@@blofeld39 yeah, Blofeld's Tonsil Stone
@@superkeaton9912 You mean, his Kidney Stone? :-P
@@blofeld39 nah, the kindey stone of this movie is the entire third act, which is just painful to pass through.
@@superkeaton9912 🤣
Talking about the concern of 'reboot madness', I do hope they don't turn Bond into Spider Man; recast, retell something approximating an origin story, keepgoing until that runs out of interest then start up the press machine by teasing another recast to recycle the old mess again.
"I'm just stepping out for a moment"...🤔 Didn't Sean Connery do the same thing in Diamonds are Forever? He "stepped out" on the balcony to go to work.
It’s rather ironic that Spectre, sans Spectre, would actually be a fun rather competent bond film that showcases what makes Daniel Craig’s Bond so special. But Spectre, ruins Spectre.
The edit of octopussy with the phrase of being blown back in your seat was just amazing
Mel Brooks watching Spectre while smoking a joint: "Everything's so...yellowwww."
Spoiler
It's funny they got the guy who played Moriarty on Sherlock to be it this film where the main character has an evil sibling we never heard about prior
"They decided it was cheaper to tear it down..." I work in a government building from the 70's and it took a YEAR to remodel ONE bathroom. Environment studies, asbestos certifications, lead paint checks, contractor change mid-way... Yes, it might make no sense in normal circumstances, but this is a government project.
Cary Fukanaga said in an interview that he actually considered making everything that happened after the lobotomy be in Bond's head, so when No Time To Die starts it's with Bond waking up.
The problem with Blofeld being Bond's adoptive brother, is Bond'll always just think of him as that kid I lived with. Not as a scary Lord Of Crime and Terrorism.
The problem is..."Spectre" is just an utterly appalling pile of garbage in every way imaginable. It's the worst Bond movie ever made and wow is that really saying something. They're ruining James Bond. Those two complete hack writers, Purvis and Wade, should have been gotten rid of after The World is Not Enough, or at least after Die Another Day. Why they're STILL being hired is seriously beyond me.
@@DM-kv9kj What a bone head.
This being the last one is kind of bittersweet I really liked this series
It's a very last day of Desert Bus feeling.
It's always great to reach your goal, but sometimes you want the experience to keep going. This is one of those times.
One more to go. Just hold until No Time To Die comes out next year
This series made me discover Loaded Ready Run in the first place and also actually got me into podcasts. Please follow up this series with other movies ... franchise or other stand alone movies. Great work!!!!
If you're a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, look up Countdown to Infinity on this same channel!
Thank you!!
I'm really going to miss these recaps. Thanks for everything, Graham and Matt!
I LOVE that both of you went with the "with mint frosting" reference. I wish I had friends who could immediately make that jump.
Thank you for making the last six months much easier to bear. See you when No Time to Die releases. And to all the commenters over this time: I am grateful for the information you added, the personal stories you shared, and the great debates.
What not to do when making a movie trailer: reveal the identity of your masked villain.
Movie: ok this reveal is gonna be so great let's keep it under raps.
Trailers: HEY GUYS CHECK THIS OUT!!!
I'm starting to think the trailer makers (from my knowledge are separate from the main ppl who do the editing) aren't given the script to the movie/tv show before making their trailers.
The only good thing from the trailers was the use of the "OHMSS" theme, which sadly went unused in the actual film.
Aside from the ridiculous "Silva" connection to the "it was all my doing" thing, I don't hate the Quantum/SPECTRE connection, because it makes sense from a modus operandi perspective. It shouldn't have been played up as much as it is, but as an idea it makes sense.
What I DO hate is the "btw Bond and Blofeld are related" reveal. It makes the movie substantially worse, and in fact every reference to it can be EXCISED from the movie wholesale, thereby making the movie much better and not affecting the integrity of the plot in any way! The unhinged survivor of a tragic climbing accident who couldn't be found by the authorities in enough time is MORE than enough backstory for a villain whose aim is to develop the Nine Eyes! You don't NEED to add any personal connection to Bond to that! It would also make the movie a bearable length...
They did that to Terminator 2, also.
I really struggle to separate the rest of this movie from the terrible core plot, not just the Austin Powers villain but also the confused C subplot with unclear stakes and motivations all around, which seems to only be there so that M and Moneypenny have something to do. And of course there's also the total lack of climax to Bond's story.
I think there could have been a good movie in there with a lot of talented actors and production staff, but the lynchpin, the plot, is a wet noodle. I would not rate this one highly!
The mouse interrogation at gunpoint was the most entertaining part of the movie.
Watching the train fight, I figured Batista went, "Oh no, a rope! My one weakness! ... Oh no, kegs! My other weakness!" Also picturing him standing back up and walking after the train once he's thrown out the door. Half expected him to show up at the compound at the end, rope still around his neck, with a trail of (empty) kegs behind him. "Do you know how long it takes to walk out here?"
1:48:50 I bet, in an earlier version of the script, Blofeld's face scar was caused by Swan shooting him when she was a kid, but they did rewrites and added more helicopter explosions in the ending and changed it so this movie was another origin story, so Blofeld got the supposedly iconic scar in the very end. But the bit about Swan encountering him earlier was left over from the earlier version. I mean why else would you have such a backstory?
Specter- rewrite?
Given the ability to change this movie, I think there’s definitely a few paths to make the 3rd act feel less/twisty. Starting from Matt’s idea of swapping the reveals(reveal Blofeld is actually Franz), and work backwards. Have bond feel that Blofeld is familiar, but only have him realize who Blofeld was just before the lobotomy to remove his ability to recognize faces. Give Blofeld the scar initially, and reveal he got it when killing his father as part of the unstoppable object metaphor without revealing he also killed Bonds adoptive father.
The thing I think could most easily rework the “I am the architect of your pain” is to make the prior villains simply have been manipulated by his organization. Le Chiffre already has an explicit tie to Mr. White- have Blofeld just mention that Le Chiffre failed Spectre, despite their support. Greene was a member of Quantum, and Quantum could’ve been a subsidiary of Spectre that was either unknowing of the larger organization or was their financially focused arm(which also opens the door to other arms focused on government manipulation). Silva could be called a “mad dog”, with Blofeld providing him tidbits that led Silva to fixate on MI6(which could explain why Silva waited as long as he had to enact revenge). And part of the key is to make his reasoning unknown initially- to laugh off the idea of why simply because he could. He’s obsessed with power and sadistic, but also just enjoys toying with things. He enjoys watching bond struggle, see him fail those he cares for, but has been surprised how resilient bond is.
As part of the lobotomy scene, have Blofeld say “You thought I was familiar, but couldn’t quite place me. Let me give you a hint- my name was Franz. Now, let’s make sure you never recognize anyone, ever again.” A lot of the rest of the movie could follow the same beats/scenes, with beats to adjust how Franz was revealed earlier.
I wrote this kinda scattershot, so hopefully it makes any sense
I always kinda wanted a dumb call back with Q and the missing DB10 being like "Oh no, they did another invisible one!"
And just like that mondays plummet back to being the worst day of the week.
An important reference is that “the five eyes” is a real intelligence group comprised of Canada, the UK, the US, Australia, and New Zealand that basically does this already. The intent is to pool information to allow each other to deal with their respective international intelligence issues in a swifter fashion
#PardonSnowden #PardonAssange
9 eyes was also a thing. seems like the number of eyes changes depending on the circumstances.
The anglophone countries. Mostly British commonwealth.
Or, as Stephen Fry nicknamed it in QI: "Don't tell the French."
So Canada really is evil.
I always though the biggest problem with Spectre was naming the film Spectre. The whole Blofeld reveal would of been sooo much better if nobody saw it coming. Also just having the twist that he was responsible for the events in the previous films was so lame.
See also; the next Predator film would be better if they don't tell anyone the Predator is in it. Just have an action movie going on for 45 minutes before the audience goes BANANAS.
@@AnInnocuousBlueCube And when the Care Bears show up in the third act to convince the predators that hugging is better than hunting, there won't be a dry eye in the house.
I think Bond movies suffer when they try too hard to stick to a continuity
@@JoaoPessoa86 only because they don't pre prepare the story arch. If they plan a story arc for a series of films it could work. But with Craig's films they just waited and tried to make it work as each film came out.
"Hey guys! You remember how every single movie, tv show, and video game in the early 2000s was washed out in brown or grey?"
"Yeah. It made everything look washed out and lifeless and everyone hated it. Why do you ask?"
"What if we did that with our new Bond movie for the 2010s era, but we make it tinted all yellow?"
"...Suuuure?"
Theory: Spectre is just fucking with Bond, because their surveillance is everywhere and Blofeld has a bit of an obsession
My theory is that Blofeld is just messing with Bond when he says "it was all me". Like it WASN'T QUITE all him, but his organization is far-reaching enough that he can PRETEND it was.
@@TheWAYF I'd rather that for Silva's sake. Quantum makes sense, the rest is a bit of a reach
Honestly if they wanted to connect to the previous movies, a smarter way to do it would have been "everything you did just made us stronger". It would actually make sense, to have Bond kick over all these rival organisations that then get swallowed up into SPECTRE.
@@zhoufang996 That would actually make a lot of sense. Casino Royal? We obtained plenty of funding and contacts with the fall of Le Chiffre. Quantum? When it went under, the leaders left behind resources and connections obtained discretely as well as a power vacuum. Skyfall? Removed M, put the entirety of MI6's effectiveness in doubt in the public and political stage.
Sadly, none of that saves the bizarre needle torture that doesn't actually work for some reason.
im sitting here at 1.20.21 and im fully expecting graham to do the "ITS ME AUSTIN, IT WAS ME ALL ALONG AUSTIN" bit upon the reveal that christoph waltz is supposedly behind all the previous craig films. i mean it'd make about as much sense, especially with dave batista literally in this movie
Aww, son of a bitch!
Coming back to this because I'm so excited for No Time to Die. I saw it a week ago and I'm still psyched for it
Are we still planning on No Time To Die?
Oh man, we’re so close now, I can feel it.
Thank you for doing this series! Listening to your podcast on my daily health walks and watching james bond movies has been a great way to deal with the social isolation of 2020. I learned a lot, laughed a lot, and watched a lot of movies I'd never seen before. You guys did an excellent job with this pod. Thanks again!
OMG, I laughed and laughed when "The Simpsons" showed up on screen, so good.
Relevant Trivia: While a nice joke in context of the movie, the head of MI6 and sometimes MI6 itself is actually referred to as C
Oh, like in John LeCarre? Is it short for "Control"?
@@T4G0E It was the surname of one of the first official heads who would just sign his name as "C" and it kinda became common practice then - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Smith-Cumming
(The Spy who Came in From the Cold used this as it's basis for Control)
It seems it's now officially "Chief" which is kinda disappointing
@@cronoros And "Casino Royale" strongly implies that "M" is derived from M's civilian last name so this is not the first time the franchise has made that reference. In fact, Fleming probably chose the "M" designation in the novels as a referene to "C" in the first place.
@@Taschenschieber Fleming did choose M as an homage to C(according to wikipedia) which would make sense as he would have interacted with MI6 in his role during the war
There was a fire in the downtown area where I live some years ago, and the structural damage to nearby buildings was surprising to hear about. Neighboring buildings that had otherwise appeared untouched needed to be torn down all the same. So I was perfectly willing to accept "cheaper to rebuild", since I was assuming the damage from the bomb was more thorough and structural than the immediately visible damage.
I only just noticed the new James Bond film *did* actually come out this past year. I hope you guys do an episode for it.
Thanks for your in depth reviews, they've really brightened up my Mondays. I hope to see you back really soon when we emerge from this dark tunnel.
So when is the next episode?, been waiting a while lol
My headcanon is that during the torture, Bond hallucinated the end of Spectre and all of No Time to Die, and that he will come round in time for the next movie but still unable to remember faces. This will be used to explain a partial/total recasting, why nobody looks the same any more, and why all the dead characters are suddenly back.
any idea on when you do an episode for No Time to Die?
I think the writers were discussing the brother plot point and one of them exclaimed 'Groovy Baby!'
it's been a pleasure and a joy to listen to these every week
Shaking my head that the end of this movie is basically "It was ME, Barry!" (see: The Flash comics).
Also loved this series; it gave me something to look forward to every week. See you next time!
1967 - Blofeld has a scar; 1969 - Blofeld doesn't have a scar; 2015 - Blofeld has both no scar and a scar
I felt great catharsis when Matt mentioned Star Trek Into Darkness, because he is exactly right and I have mentioned that comparison multiple times when explaining why I didn't like this movie. The plot is just so ridiculously bad.
Into Blandness
I've seen bad movies before, but that was the first movie I saw that made me legitimately angry I had paid for it. Having seen all 6 of the Original Star Trek movies as a kid it just felt like the movie was masturbating to itself.
The influence that the James Bond movies have cannot be understated. They can do so much for small countries and other such things. Like The Man With the Golden Gun's James Bond Island, or the fact that Spectre created a tradition. I'm sure that the random ex-spy who wanted to write a short, simple little spy story couldn't have imagined the influence it would end up having.
Portugal used On Her Majesty's Secret Service as recent modernisations publicity especially of the "Look at our recent, cool, San Francisco looking bridge!" type is another great example.
Thailand has about 70 million people . That is not a small country.
@@Targisvear ...did they get rid of the bridge they used in the movie? :-/
@@blofeld39 Still there, there is one other bridge over the same river by now, but that one is still there, just renamed (it had the name of the dictator then and was renamed to the revolution that overthrew his regime).
@@Targisvear Ah; gotcha. Nuts to think they filmed there just right after Salazar had had his stroke.
Discovering this podcast has truly been one of the highlights of 2020. It's been a bright light in this year of darkness. So thank you guys so much for an epic 26 episodes. And I wish you guys a very happy new year!
This podcast has been a real treat, y'all made Monday a day to look forward to in these dire times!
I've enjoyed this series immensely, thank you Graham, Matt, and Matt, (and Heather). Excited for it to return when we get the next movie
Man, Im gonna miss this so much. A while back I thought to suggest a Star Trek rewatch podcast, going episode by episode. I know it’s a passion of Graham’s and I love hearing him talk about it, but Ive never had the drive to watch it. But you guys aren’t robots. Thanks for what you’ve done!
I figured him for Trekkie but it the "with mint frosting" comment that I knew for sure 🤣
This podcast has been an utter delight to follow. As always, I look forward to your future endeavors!
the "laser sight" is probably a laser microphone: a laser that bounces off the window, which is then detected for minor fluctuations caused by the vibrations of the glass. its actual spycraft used during the cold war
This was the first Bond movie I ever got bored watching. Long drawn out sequences that are self-consciously stylish but tedious, eg the widow returns home, the SPECTRE board meeting. And the internal wranglings between different British Intelligence departments doesn't make for compelling drama. It's come a long way from the snappy editing of the Connery era where they could spit out the story in an hour and a half.
Besides the Austin powers brothers storyline I actually really like this film. Sad the series is over ...
This series has been excellent, guys. Can't begin to tell you how much I've enjoyed it. Thanks so much.
It was a great run listening to the podcast!
I love you both, goshh.. I never knew I would enjoy these podcasts so much, just like how i enjoyed the movie. There is a certain kind of pleasure discussing movies with buddies. This was the case here. First time I thought why they didn't make more bond movies. Happy new year guys. You made my 2020 better, considering i lost my grandfather and grandmother this year and lost my uncle to covid.
Thank you so much guys. Stay blessed.😊😊
I'm kind of surprised that Radiohead's "Spectre" didn't get a mention, given the chilled reception to "Writing's on the Wall". Thanks for the series, though, it's been a highlight of each week, for the past...
How on earth has it been six months, holy yikes?!
FYI Jez Butterworth isn't just a screenwriter, he's a very well respected playwright in the UK, he wrote 'Jerusalem' which is considered to be among one of the best contemporary British plays ever written, thought that might interest you!
...his name is "JEZ BUTTERWORTH". That's pretty mock-worthy.
"- SHAKING LETTERS - MORE LIKE NO TIME TO RELEASE AMIRITE WRITERS". Matt G. is still my favourite part of these videos lol
When will Matt G. show up in a video?
@@blofeld39 Not sure if you watch Loadingreadyrun's other content, but if you don't, Matt G often turns up on Crossing the Streams. He's just as dryly funny IRL.
@@lirazel6414 I'm glad to hear it. :-D
If I’m correct, that crater the base is inside is the same one where Hamunaptra is, in the 1999 mummy.
(I haven’t seen the whole video yet so if this is mentioned later on I apologise)
Good to see our editor has mastered the shaky text
If I had a penny for every Alpine Health Clinic in the Bond franchise, I'd have two pennies. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.
Well, alpine sanatoriums for the rich and famous have a long-standing tradition in real life, and do have a certain kind of glamour associated with them, so personally I don't find it too weird.
"Two, is that a big number?"
"Depends, for number of gadgets: no. For number of mountaintop swiss health clinics: yes!"
I will say this, Thank you all of you for all the hard work all of you have done on this. for 26 week the bleakness of this years when some really dark times came down through my way this show brought me joy and keep me going sometimes when I didn't think anything else would be able to... so thank you all so much you have no idea what this has meant to me and how this has keep me going.
Re: Day of the dead parade: So james bond is the modern day charles dickens then? Bringing what he wanted to see out of the holiday into the world by pure willpower alone.
Dickens did recover plenty of pre-Cromwell English Christmas traditions back, but as a whole, Christmas as it is thought out now (Santa aside) is pretty much an invention of "A Christmas Carol". I'd say Spectre went even farther then Dickens and TOTALLY made up a custom.
Día de Muertos or Día de los Muertos (day of the dead) is an actual real holiday in Mexico... do they celebrate it by parading or not im not sure...
@@novrdd Not in Mexico city and not like that. It was never part of the holiday there, until this made them take it up.
@@Targisvear well, what i pointed out there is the holiday, not the parade... Since, as far as i know the Día de Muertos or Día de los Muertos is a Mexican Holiday, famous for creation of altars and eating pan de muertos (bread). The city-wide parade in the other hand.. is something that i'm not sure about. Maybe it was an artistic interpretation from the movie of the actual holiday, that also somehow influences the how the holiday being celebrated in that place since 2016.
@@novrdd Just commented because the fact the holiday is real is a bit irrelevant to the point made in this video or the original comment, since we all know it is real, but in the way it is shown in this movie, it isn't (or wasn't until after its release). That it is real and they create altars for it is good trivia, but has nothing to do with anything anyone said here. Nobody said Dia de los Muertos does not exist and I don't think anyone misheard that it does not exist from saying the parade in Mexico City is an invention (maybe you thought people were saying that), so no correction was needed.
Watched Spectre last night in anticipation of this episode. Really liked the oner in the opening, though also wish it wasn't yellowed out like Hollywood likes to do.
Little bits of trivia for others:
-After Q's joke about the DB5, you can see Tanner suppressing a laugh/smile, which I found rather endearing.
Andrew Scott was also in 1917 as Lt. Leslie, the officer that Schofield and Blake meet before crossing No Man's Land (he's also great in the scene, and I wonder if he ever did get his flare gun back).
-At first, having not actually watched OHMSS yet, I was wondering if the Swiss mountaintop clinic was the same building, just having been rebuilt/modernized.
-Mr. Hink's gun is a real thing- a variation of this one (Hurray Forgotten Weapons! th-cam.com/video/P57iXMmlUZo/w-d-xo.html ), for when one .45 calibre bullet is not enough.
-IIRC, Cam has commented a few times that maybe Bond suffers no ill effects from the drill torture due to having built up an obscene amount of scar tissue from being hit on the head (and also possibly Syphilis)
-With all the faces on the wall, I find it funny that Greene's face doesn't show up, I guess even Spectre forgot about him (other than his DNA on the ring)
Yeah, thinking about that Cam quote as well. "James Bond gets three things: concussions, blackout drunk, and Syphilis."
Thank you guys for everything!
Can't believe it's been 6 months of FRWL. A great way to spend my time at home this year.
On the subject of being cheaper to tear it down than rebuild it, it makes sense if they would have to do a full scale analysis of the surviving construction to make sure it's still structurally sound and then figure out what they need to do to build off it, vs just demo-ing the surviving building and starting from the ground up again. After an explosion like that they can't just assume that whatever is still standing is just fine
You made it to the end! Even though "james Bond Will Return"..it's been quite a journey. Well done with an entertaining and informative podcast. I've been watching these more or less concurrently with you guys, and many of them (especially the 90s and 200s/2010s ones) are new to me. I've learned that my favourite thing about the Bond movies is...the beyond the scenes stuff. So many cool stories! Wild spontaneous things happening that work! Crazy stunts! I love it.
Matt in particular will hate this -- I convinced my mum to watch From Russia with Love with me when I visited for christmas. She didn't really get into it and asked me "What's the one with halle Berrie in it? I liked that one!"
1:44:18 - though not the same year or model, that Rolls is evocative of the one in Goldfinger.
I haaaaaaaate modern color-correcting in films. It's like a one-two whammy of, "hey, computers have made color-correcting/grading stupid easy to do!" and post-9/11, "how can we make this Foreign Country look evil and sickly...." that has yet to really mature. And/or go away.
It's incredibly heavy handed, obvious, and frankly bad. It came to a head around about, mmmm, 2014, when someone decided that Correct Color Use means , "Everything is Orange or Blue. For contrast! That's good color use!" and goddamn everything was Orange And Blue.
Once you see it, you can never unsee it, and it just sucks more everytime.
While I'm complaining: I goddamn hate, "good gaffing is every scene lit by exactly four 60watt bulbs" and, "mumble talking is how you do Serious Drama" that have a stranglehold on movies. I can't see or hear what's happening in your dumb scenes. Stop it.
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In this scene, Bond is actually using a quite cool real life gadget called a laser microphone. A surveillance device that detects vibrations on, for example, glass panes as in this scene.
I see Graham has been reading my (or others) comments on Die another day, funnily enough, Aston Martin and Jaguar are not part of Ford since 2007 (also a reason we see Ford products on screen a lot in the first 2 Craig movies). Aston Martin is a mostly independant company as of now. Jaguar has been sold from Ford to Tata motors (the biggest car brand in India).
So we have another Aston vs Jaguar here but they are not related products that time.
I'm gonna miss this podcast. Listening to both of you talk about these movies was very fascinating.
They should do bond villains and Bond girls list
Gentlemen, I would just like to say "thank you". This has been an enjoyable journey and I look forward to hearing you both again.
Well it was interesting to hear the opinions from those who just fundamentally disagree on many things Bond. Here's how I would rank the films:
1. From Russia With Love
2. Goldeneye
3. Licence to Kill
4. You Only Live Twice
5. The Living Daylights
6. For Your Eyes Only
7. The Spy Who Loved Me
8. Dr. No
9. Thunderball
10. Goldfinger
11. Octopussy
12. The World is Not Enough
13. The Man with the Golden Gun
14. Live and Let Die
15. Tomorrow Never Dies
16. A View to a Kill
17. Diamonds Are Forever
18. Moonraker
19. Quantum of Solace
20. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
21. Never Say Never Again
22. Casino Royale (2006)
23. Skyfall
24. Spectre
25. Die Another Day
26. Casino Royale (1967)
You think Quantum is better than On Her Majesty's Secret Service ? Jesus.
I am amazed they didn't point how a bomb goes off, a building collapses, and the parade just keeps going like nothing happened maybe two blocks away.
Very loud parade, lots of drunk people probably didn't even notice
That’s a really good point!
I noticed that first time I watched, brought it up to my brother *WHO WAS THERE* and he was like "huh?" and no one else seems to bring it up
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Fun fact: Did you know that Edge of Tomorrow is based on the light novel All You Need is Kill? It also had a manga adaptation first.
This podcast series has been a blast and I'd really love to see you do more in its style, maybe a monthly series on your favourite movies or something like that.
Fun fact: i was there when they filmed the scenes in Altaussee! The location of the cabin in the movie is actually private ground with a restaurant owned by Dietrich Mateschitz (Red Bull "Inventor"). Didn't see Daniel Craig unfortunately, but i was the only person in a small crowd of onlookers to actually recognize Barbara Brocolli, which was kind of cool. Also, it was really bloody cold that day :D
Is Thomas Lennon still your doctor, Mr. Wayne? ;-)
This was the movie that finally sold me on Daniel Craig's James Bond. It's still not my favorite incarnation of the character, but after watching this one I finally went "yeah, Craig can make this character work."
Thank you! I hated that Dr. Evil/Austin Powers connection, too. I started calling Blofeld “Dougie.”
I'll start calling Silva Goldmember just because of the retcon connecting him to this film and being our blondie villain, lol.
Will Graham & Matt be reviewing No Time to Die?
It was me Bond! It was me ALL ALONG! You all bought it! Even my immediate family bought it! Every damn one of you was made fools of!
It's a shame to add that, whilst you were completely right to acknowledge that Jaguar and Aston Martin were indeed owned by the same parent company and this played a part in them both appearing in Die Another Day, by the time Spectre had come out, they were not (I think AM became private again in 2006 and J a couple of years after that).
The reason both appear seem to be largely related to them both being classic sports car manufacturers here in Britain and the trope of "Bond drives an Aston" and "Villains always drive Jaguars" (pretty sure Jaguar had an advertising campaign around the same time playing on this exact thing, with Tom Hiddleston hired to represent them off the back of his success as Loki).
Is anyone here waiting for the No Time to Die episode?